Negros Museum Tour

Yesterday we had our tour in the Negros Museum, and boy, I learned a whole lot about Negros history vis a vis the Philippine history! Did you know that Negros was a republic for 1 year in 1898? And that the Negrenses were the first to stage a bloodless revolution? That Manila's prominent families are from Bacolod and the nearby provinces? Alunan, Lacson, Ledesma, Lopez, Magalona, Montinola, etc, etc. Even the family of Jose Mari Chan (the singer) and Susan Roces hailed from Bacolod!Ü Also in the museum were relics and machines from Sugarlandia's heyday, paintings, and working appliances (GE fan, phonograph) from early 1900s. My lolas (pictured above) enjoyed the tour and had lots of questions for the guide. It was truly a memorable experience for us all!Ü

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It's another seafood laden lunch for us here in Bacolod! Yeah!Ü Yesterday we had lunch in Breakthrough, Iloilo's most famous seaside resto. We had super delish shrimps, baked scallops, crabmeat sisig and lapu lapu soup - all for only P700! The 5 of us were all full and very satisfied :-) Now (in 18th St. Pala-Pala Restaurant) we had scallops, shrimps and lapu lapu again PLUS oysters, grilled pork, fatty hito sarsiado and Ilonggo pinakbet. Again, the food were all yummy! :-) Oh yeah, the giant fish head above is part of a 3-ft lapu lapu. HUGE!Ü